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gnarl

/nɑː(r)l/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
  2. Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs.
  3. To knot or twist something.
  4. Gnarled, knotty, twisted.
  5. To snarl or growl; to gnar.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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